Finger-nail clip



July 16, 1929.

FINGER NAIL cLIP Filed March 19, 1928 M. SCHNEFEL 1,721,415

Patented July 16, 1929.

'ii" sr s MAX SGHNEFEL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASfiIGNOR TO ElCI-INEFELBROTHERS, INC., OF NEWARK, NEXV JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEVJ JERSEY.

FINGER-NAIL CLIP.

Application filed March 19, 1928. Serial No. 262,709.

T his invention relates to finger nail clips for toilet purposes, andhas for its object the production of such an implement comprising thefewest practicable parts, each individually detachable and which has nopivot pin, and can be readily taken apart and put together again withoutthe use of tools.

The invention includes the three separable parts illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, of which Fig. 1 represents a side view of one ofthe jaws, and Fig. 2 a top view thereof looking at the flat side or faceof the jaw. Fig. 3 is a side view of the complementary jaw and Fig. 4 isa bottom or flat face view of the jaw. Fig. 5 is a side View of the twojaws in engagement without the spring. Fig. 6 is a top view of theV-shaped spring, and Fig. 7 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 8 is a sideview of all the parts assembled. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of thecutter spring taken upon the broken line 99 of Fig. 7.

'The scale of drawing is double the actual size of this invention torender the construction clearer, and throughout the drawings anddescription the same number is used to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, the jaw 1 has the offset projections 2 and 8provided near their extremities with the small transverse grooves 4t and5. Between the projections is a space marked 6.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the second jaw 7 having a single offsetprojection at the jaw end provided with the transverse groove 9.

By introducing the single projection 8 of jaw 7 into the space 6 of theend of jaw 1, the two jaws may be associated as illustrated in Fig. 5.The jaws may be provided with small holes 10 and 11 at their free ends,intended to engage a clip or key-ring as shown in Fig. 5, and which willhold the jaws together.

In Figs. (3 and 7 and 9 the Vshaped cutter spring is referred to as awhole by the number 12. The spring has a curving cutting edge 13, and arecess 14 in its rear. On one side or face of the spring is formed asingle depression 15, and on the other face the two spaced depressions16 and 17. In Fig. 9 it will be noted that the cutting edges 13 slanttowards each other, and that by reason of the formation of thedepression 16 and the other depressions a ridge or shoulder 19 is formedbetween the depression and the cutting edge. In assembling the parts theproject-ions 2 and 3 of jaw 1 engage the spaced depressions 16 and 17,and the ridges between those projections and the cutting edge of thespring enter grooves at and 5. Similarly the projection 8 seats itselfin depression 15, and the adjacent ridge engages groove 9/ In operation,if the jaws are opened as shown in Fig. 8 the spring 12 may bepositioned or removed by bringing its cutting edges together with thefingers, no tool being called for.

The clasp or key-ring 18 may be of any selected pattern, and the clip asa whole, usually ornamental in design externally, may be carriedattached to a watch chain or the like.

It will now be understood that only three parts are required. tocomplete this invention, that it has no pivot pin or rivet, and that theparts are freely detachable and as easily assembled, resulting in a veryeffective and convenient clip for cutting the finger nails.

Having now described this invention and explained the manner of itsoperation, I claim:

1. A nail clip, comprising separable jaws provided at the ends withoppositely oflset projections, the said projections being constructed toengage each other leaving a space between the jaw ends, each of the saidprojections having a transverse groove near its extremity, and a cutterspring located in the said space and having ridges arranged inengagement with the said grooves of the projections whereby the jaws aremaintained in engagement against displacement in the direction of thelength of said jaws and the said spring is held in operative relation tothe jaws and against displacement therefrom.

2. A nail clip comprising jaws separable bodily, one of said jaws havingat its end a portion formed into a pair of spaced offset projections, asecond jaw having a single off-set projection passing between the saidspaced projections of the first aw, the projections of both jaws havingtransverse grooves at their extremities, and a cutter spring having arear recess receiving and engaging the outer sides of the said pair ofprojections of the first jaw whereby the spring is held againstdisplacement sidewise, the said cutter spring being located between thesaid projections of the jaws as shown and constructed and arranged toengage the said grooved ends of the said projections, the expansion ofthe said spring acting to keep the jaws together in operative relationand prevent relative displacement of said jaws in the direction of thelength of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MAX SCHNEFEL.

